Category: Kirk Kids
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Branding Day 2009
Monday lived up to it’s reputable name last week when neighbors stopped by to tell my husband and me that the girls had gone wild and were seen a mile or so away from where they were supposed to be. About thirteen head of those sassy heifer calves found a weak spot in a gate…
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Fixes and Kisses
My kids know better than to come to me with their broken toys or equipment. The best I can do, is give them a sympathetic hug or a kiss, but neither have been successful repair tools. My approach doesn’t fix it, or do much to make the kids feel better, but my husband delights in…
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Redneck Mother’s Day and Beyond
Some of you may have read last month’s Redneck Mother’s Day story about how my husband and son spent Mother’s Day converting our old Ford Explorer into a pickup/4-wheeler hauler with a cutting torch one year. The custom pickup served its purpose for a couple of years before the tranny started going out and got…
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Moisture Therapy
Nothing livens up a branding more than a good rain soaker. When moisture arrived, my family was happier, excited and more optimistic, even though it threw a wrench into our branding day. The large amounts of moisture we got recently made branding a challenge for us but nobody complained about the rain or the mud…
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Red Neck Mother’s Day
Of all the Mother’s Days I’ve been fortunate enough to have, my most memorable one isn’t recalled with fondness. It’s known as my Redneck Mother’s Day. Most years, I let my family off easy because I help out every year at my girlfriend’s flower shop the busy week prior to Mother’s Day. By Sunday, I’m…
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Herding our Wrestlers
Watching youth wrestling is reminiscent of observing a herd of cows with baby calves. Protective motherly instincts are also evident in wrestling moms at crowded tournaments. Once cows get sorted off, they call and wait for their baby outside of the corrals. Wrestling moms like me, experience this same temporary separation at weigh-ins (moms aren’t…